HISTORIC | Romanesque Church St Pantaleon


have their headquarters here. It’s a generally a safe city. Violent crimes are rare, although it’s probably worth avoiding the Altstadt area after dark to be on the safe side and visitors are advised to beware of pickpockets who operate inside and outside the cathedral.


A CENTRE OF RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE A more talked-about hazard would usually be hochwasser, the name locals give to the fl oods than can result as the Spring weather melts the mountain snow and bursts the banks of the Rhine It even has serious religious credentials. In the Middle Ages it became an ecclesiastical centre of signifi cance. The Catholic Church designated it a “holy city”, a rare honour it shares with only two other cities – Rome and Istanbul. But it’s as a trade fair city that it is so coveted by businessmen and women from all over the world. Apart from Interzum, it hosts the likes of the computer games fair, Gamescom, the global photography expo, Photokina, and the world’s oldest art fair, Art Cologne. And, of course, it’s also known the world over as the home of fragrance, thanks to the perfume the Italian Giovanni Maria Farina launched there in 1709.


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